Experience

SWJ Consulting Ltd.

• United Kingdom
• Civil Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • Jun 2017 - Present

  Witney, Oxfordshire



Gemma Design Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Civil Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Director

  • Jul 2012 - May 2017

  Witney



Gemma Building and Design Services

• Technical Director

  • Dec 2010 - Jun 2012

  Witney Main Areas of Work:  Low-rise housing and care homes in both traditional and modern methods of construction.  Steel framed mixed use and industrial buildings.  Reinforced concrete structures  Adopted highway structures Responsibilities and Achievements:  Lead structural engineer for projects with contract values up to £25M, including client liaison and design team meeting attendance  Day to day running of the structural engineering section of the business… Show more Main Areas of Work:  Low-rise housing and care homes in both traditional and modern methods of construction.  Steel framed mixed use and industrial buildings.  Reinforced concrete structures  Adopted highway structures Responsibilities and Achievements:  Lead structural engineer for projects with contract values up to £25M, including client liaison and design team meeting attendance  Day to day running of the structural engineering section of the business, including programming of work and forecasting of future resourcing requirements.  Motivated and worked towards large increase in the number of technical staff within the structural engineering department  Development of the in house CAD standard  Overseeing the adoption of the Eurocodes across the practice  Implementation of Revit Structure and benchmarking of its performance against traditional computer drafting methods.  Supervision and training of junior members of staff Show less



Gemma BDS

• Associate Director

  • Dec 2007 - Dec 2010

  Main Areas of Work:  Low-rise housing and care homes in both traditional and modern methods of construction.  Steel framed mixed use and industrial buildings.  Reinforced concrete structures  Adopted highway structures Responsibilities and Achievements:  Day to day running of the structural engineering section of the business  Lead structural engineer for projects with contract values up to £10M, including client liaison and design team meeting… Show more Main Areas of Work:  Low-rise housing and care homes in both traditional and modern methods of construction.  Steel framed mixed use and industrial buildings.  Reinforced concrete structures  Adopted highway structures Responsibilities and Achievements:  Day to day running of the structural engineering section of the business  Lead structural engineer for projects with contract values up to £10M, including client liaison and design team meeting attendance  Motivated and worked towards large increase in structural dept. and project capabilities  Graduate supervision and training  Introduced standardised guidelines for drawing layout, increasing clarity and presentation

• Senior Structural Engineer

  • Jul 2005 - Dec 2007

  Witney, Main Areas of Work:  Low-rise housing and care homes in both traditional and modern methods of construction.  Steel framed mixed use and industrial buildings. Responsibilities and Achievements:  Lead structural engineer for projects up to £6m in value  Mentoring of junior staff  Passed professional review in 2007



Walsh Associates

• Ireland
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Structural Engineer

  • Apr 2002 - Jun 2005

  London Main Areas of Work:  High-rise, mixed-use concrete frames in both reinforced and post-tensioned concrete.  Deep basements  Steel frame office buildings Responsibilities and Achievements:  Lead structural engineer for projects with contract values up to £30M, including client liaison and design team meeting attendance  Graduate supervision including assigning work and providing training  Complete structural design of projects including calculations to British… Show more Main Areas of Work:  High-rise, mixed-use concrete frames in both reinforced and post-tensioned concrete.  Deep basements  Steel frame office buildings Responsibilities and Achievements:  Lead structural engineer for projects with contract values up to £30M, including client liaison and design team meeting attendance  Graduate supervision including assigning work and providing training  Complete structural design of projects including calculations to British Standards, drawing production and the timely solution of site queries Show less



Jacobs Babtie

• Graduate Engineer

  • Aug 2001 - Apr 2002

  London Main Areas of Work:  LUL Inspections  Telecommunications Responsibilities and Achievements:  Inspection of LUL assets, preparation of condition reports and back analysis of assets to demonstrate compliance with modern codes of practice  Preparation of schemes to support mobile phone masts on existing buildings, preparation of Building Regulation submissions and construction drawings.